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PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY CHAIN – COORDINATOR |
Clinics For All Zambia |
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Posted 2019-02-20 01:27:10
Coordinator – Procurement & Supply Chain
The Procurement & Supply Chain
Coordinator will be responsible for leading the team that
sources and obtains strong pricing across the various areas that we need items
for – chiefly our Clinical Sites, as well as for Support Office operations and
functions. Quick turnaround times, least cost budgets are one-of-a-kind
requirements that make this role unlike most others you will encounter. You
uphold the highest standard of conduct, and you expect the same from your team.
In providing Clinics4All with higher-quality goods and Services, you will
inspire confidence and discipline in staff’ self-confidence and ensure their
safety in operational sites.
What You Will Do
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Determine
appropriate equipment and staffing levels to load, unload, move, or store
materials.
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Manage
activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements
planning, controlling inventory, warehousing, or receiving.
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Select
transportation routes to maximize economy by combining shipments or
consolidating warehousing and distribution.
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Define
performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain
factors, such as product cost or quality.
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Implement
new or improved supply chain processes to improve efficiency or performance.
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Work
with various internal and external stakeholders to oversee timely and
cost-effective delivery of goods and services.
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Create
a detailed Materials Requirement Plan based on demand and budget provision.
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Accurately
and consistently forecast what will be needed, and when, and then own the
responsibility of seeing that our offices and clinics are adequately supplied
with requisites.
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Work
with various departments to identify, evaluate, and build strong relationships
with the best, most trustworthy, most cost-effective vendors available.
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Be
tough enough to hold vendors to their promises – price, quality, deadlines,
etc.
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Arrange/
negotiate multi-year contracts with our customers’ financial interests in mind.
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Find
creative solutions to reduce delivery times.
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Work
with supply chain staff to implement best-practice and standards from warehouse
management, to inventory management at our academies.
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Become
the company expert – know our products backwards and forwards, keeping up with
changes and updates, and factoring all this into decision making.
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You
will also be required to facilitate the production and distribution of
uniforms. This will include working with our designer to finalize designs,
negotiating cost and quality with factories, ensuring safe and timely delivery
to our operating countries.
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Follow-through
on all the documentations required in Import / export of uniform shipments from
country of origin (exporter / vendor country) to destination countries (Bridge
Operating Countries or importer countries).
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It’s
imperative that you monitor cost as much as quality throughout all of these
processes. The families we serve live on less than $2 a day per person. We need
the person in this role to be able to think with a very clear, and very low,
budget in mind as it’s essential that our uniforms are affordable for all of
our families. The quantities we’ll be ordering should help drive down costs.
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Develop
accounting documentation for the supply and procurement processes.
What You Should Have
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A
Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Procurement & Logistics and Development
studies respectively from a recognized college and university.
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At
least 3 – 5 years’ experience in Supply Chain and/or Procurement.
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Deep
knowledge of supply chain, procurement, warehousing, logistics best practices.
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Passion
for Clinics4All’s vision of democratizing the right for all vulnerable children
to succeed.
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Significant
and meaningful leadership experience leading Supply
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Chain
teams in fast-growth multi-unit environments.
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Experience
working with USAID, UNICEF, DFID or SIDA is a big plus.
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High
integrity with zero tolerance for any unethical business practices.
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Analytical
and critical thinker.
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Self-starter;
highly driven individual that will take ownership from the get-go and
proactively look for improvement.
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Strong
leadership skills and has demonstrated ability to work with a very diverse
workforce.
You’re
also
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A
detailed doer – You have a track record of getting things done. You’re
organized and responsive. You take ownership of every idea you touch and
execute it to a fine level of detail, setting targets, engaging others, and
doing whatever it takes to get the job done. You can multi-task dozens of such
projects at once and never lose sight of the details. Likely, you have some
experience in a start-up or other rapid-growth company.
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A
creative problem-solver – Growing any business from scratch comes with massive
and constant challenges. On top of that, Bridge works in often fragile,
sometimes volatile low-resource communities and with complex government
systems. You need to be flexible and ready to get everything done effectively,
quickly, and affordably with the materials at hand.
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A
relentless advocate – The children we serve and teachers we empower never leave
your mind. You know them, get them, have shared a meal with them (or would be
happy to in the future). You would never shrink back from shaking a parent’s
hand or picking up a crying child, no matter what the person was wearing or
looked like. Every decision you make considers their benefit, experience, and value.
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A
malleable learner – You believe you can always do better. You welcome
constructive criticism and provide it freely to others. You know you only get
better tomorrow when others point out where you’ve missed things or failed
today.
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A
data-driven decision-maker – When making decisions, you don’t rely your
intuition alone. You collect data, you analyze it and make decisions with clear
justifications.
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A
curious investigator – You ask why a lot. You don’t just take what you see and
accept it. You wonder why it is that way, and are aware that the world we see
is created by human choices and actions – and it could be different. You
wonder, and see the world as wonderful even when you want to change a part of
it that is unjust.
Interested persons with above detailed skills and good
performance background should submit their CV’s, application letter, 3
reference letters and copies of certified academic qualifications to: recruitment@clinicsforall.orgby. 28th February 2019. CV‘s received after this date will
not be accepted. Clinics4All is an equal opportunity employer, does not
discriminate based on Gender.
To apply please send resumes in English
to recruitment@clinicsforall.org. and use the subject “Coordinator- Procurement, Logistics & Supply Chainâ€
NOTE: Clinics
For All is an equal opportunities employer.
The deadline for applications is 28th
February 2019. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
The
Recruitment Committee
Clinics4all
Zambia
Plot
No. 100/655, Off Lake Road.
P.O
Box 320320
Lusaka